VIDA Landscape Architects and Planners’ tagline is “designing for life” - and that’s exactly what this business is built upon. At the core of the company’s values is a recognition that land is a finite, non-renewable resource that needs to be developed with long-term goals in mind, not just short-sighted returns. That’s why VIDA visions, master plans and designs spaces that connect communities and nature – because, as they say, we can do this better.

The Conservation Ecology Centre, a long-term Ecotourism Australia member situated in the Otways region of Australia’s iconic Great Ocean Road, received $2 million in federal government funding this month for its newest project, Wildlife Wonders. This project represents a significant investment in the future of the Otways, for residents, for tourists and for Australia’s native species.

The year 2017 was all about sustainable tourism, designated as such by the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations. In response, public and private sector groups around the world launched innovative tourism projects and initiatives designed to raise awareness of sustainable tourism’s contribution to development and highlight the sector’s role as a catalyst for positive change.

Abco Products is an Australian company specialised in industrial and commercial cleaning. Offering a range of high quality consumables, cleaning products and equipment to industry, Abco Products continually invests in leading technologies in order to provide sustainable solutions that increase efficiency and manage risks within the commercial cleaning industry.

As an ecotourism operator, looking after the natural environment is part of your DNA. But looking after the environment goes beyond separating your rubbish and riding a bicycle to work – it is also about the companies and organisations you partner with, and about understanding what impacts are occurring along the tourism supply chain.

It’s the end of January, and if you’re in the 50% of the Australian population that set new year’s resolutions for 2018, you may or may not already be doubting whether you’re going to last the distance.